Towards global empirical upscaling of FLUXNET eddy covariance observations: Validation of a model tree ensemble approach using a biosphere model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2001-2013

  Jung, M ^a   Reichstein, M ^a   Bondeau, A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND COVER; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UPSCALING;

EID: 77953589394     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2001-2009     Document Type: Article

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